FILE - This Sept. 16, 2010 photo shows author David Rakoff during an interview in Toronto. Rakoff, an award-winning humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture developed a loyal following of readers and radio listeners, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, after a long illness, Doubleday and Anchor Books announced. The statement did not detail a cause of death, but Rakoff had been open about his battles with cancer. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)